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Congress Keeps Falling Short on Protecting Patients
A law supposed to protect patients from hidden charges on medical bills is still riddled with loopholes. Only universal health care will fix it.
Beyond the Binary: Retelling the Diné Creation Story
“Along with the power of creation, we were given the power to choose.”
Murmurations: Grow the Chorus
adrienne maree brown reflects on the lessons they’ve learned authoring this column for the past year, and lays out a path for what’s to come.
How to Navigate Body Shame
Capitalism and White supremacy have given us many reasons to hate our bodies because they teach us to be ashamed of them—and to shame others.
Murmurations: A Final Winter Solstice Spell
In their final “Spell for a Season,” adrienne maree brown explores the beauty and grief that come with a year that felt at once interminable and brief.
8 Books for Insight and Inspiration
YES! staff members recommend reads that provoke thought and prompt action.
Overcoming Colonial Thinking to Connect With Life
The pull of solving problems is nearly irresistible, but we should prioritize relationships with our environment.
Oracle Cards Inspired by the Earth
An ecological card deck offers wise teachings and prompts healing.
Beyond BMI: A New Book Embodies Fat Liberation
Evette Dionne’s new and highly personal book pushes back against cultural and medical fat shaming.
Social Change, at the Cellular Level
A new book argues that even small things can help grow the world we want.
It’s Time to Make Accessibility Our Collective Responsibility
More than 30 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the burden of enforcement often still falls on disabled people and their families.
Democracy Lives to Fight Another Day
Take a breather as we roll into the end of 2022, because the year ahead is going to keep all of us on our toes to defend democracy. Again.
Murmurations: Accountable Endings
The end of a world built on toxic ideas of supremacy can make way for a better, more collective and connected existence, writes adrienne maree brown.
Carving a Better Tomorrow Out of a Worsening Today
Frida Berrigan reflects on living in a world of tipping points.
The Deadly Consequences of Hate
LGBTQ people have always been the ones to keep each other safe. But we shouldn’t have to.
Nonprofits Need to Practice What They Preach
Nonprofit organizations attract employees from diverse backgrounds, but often fail to create affirming workplace cultures for them.
What the Whiteness Story of America Denies
Conservatives fuming over critical race theory fail to recognize a fundamental truth about the United States: Diversity is our strength.
How to Support Your Mental Health During the Change in Seasons
For some, a lack of light and warmth can have a negative impact on mental wellbeing. Here are some ways to navigate this transition.
What Do We Do While Waiting to Realize Prison Abolition?
Attorney Sia Henry shares a wrenching personal experience highlighting the challenges of operating in world where prison abolition is not yet a reality.
Uganda’s Diverse Disability Movement Offers Lessons for an Ableist Global Philanthropy
Achieving disability rights paves the way for greater equity and inclusion.
Reckoning With Right-Wing Violence
When one of the nation’s two political parties no longer believes in the democratic process, what happens to democracy?
The Most Important Midterm Election
There are some positive signs heading into Election Day. But there are just as many indicating a far grimmer outcome.
Assessing the True Extent of Poverty in the Richest Nation on Earth
To address the problems of our “surprisingly impoverished democracy” in the midterm elections, Liz Theoharis argues that policymakers would have to take seriously the realities of tens of millions of poor and low-income people.
Rediscovering the Family Wisdom of Yoga
As a stressed young adult, I reconnected with my family's yoga practices to help with healing and sleep.
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